New policy: Staff not required at board meetings

Curtis wants to formalize policies, proceduresby Martha Quetsch
MAPLE PARKâ€”Under a new policy for the village of Maple Park, village employees are not obligated to attend Village Board meetings.

The Village Board approved the policy July 7.

â€œThis eliminates the (previous) requirement for employees to attend, unless they are asked to attend,â€ trustee Mark Delaney said.

Village President Kathy Curtis said the employee attendance requirement was never an official policy; however, the board agreed that a policy was needed and that it should not make staff attendance at board meetings mandatory.

â€œWe established this policy to establish/document the standard operation procedure that previously did not exist,â€ Curtis said.

Curtis added that village employees and residents can expect to see a pattern of formalizing policy and procedures over the next four years.